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From: Eric Paris <eparis-FjpueFixGhCM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Brad Boyer <flar-POGeQm5F+FGB+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris-gx6/JNMH7DfYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-security-module-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Trond Myklebust
	<Trond.Myklebust-HgOvQuBEEgTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields"
	<bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:13:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7e0fb38c1003171313i3bb81da3xda3a1d28f822d019@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B95E167.40306-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Casey Schaufler <casey-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Another is to NFS mount the filesystem back on to the server,
> in which case James' scheme works just dandy. It's a trick that
> I've used more than once in the Unix world for this exact purpose.
> Of course you have to arrange your mount points in advance with
> malice aforethought, but that's likely something you're used to
> by now.

Is this safe with NFS on Linux?  I know in the past (RHEL5) mounting
NFS over loopback can cause deadlocks under even slight memory
pressure.  I complained about it and was told 'don't do that, just
bind mount.'

-Eric
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-17 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <alpine.LRH.2.00.1002261457420.25193@tundra.namei.org>
2010-03-08 10:42 ` [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR) James Morris
2010-03-08 10:43   ` [PATCH 1/6] NFSv3: convert client to generic xattr API James Morris
2010-03-08 10:44   ` [PATCH 3/6] NFSv3: add client implementation of XATTR protocol James Morris
2010-03-08 10:45   ` [PATCH 4/6] NFSv3: add server " James Morris
2010-03-08 10:46   ` [PATCH 5/6] xattr: add new top level nfsd namespace and implement ext3 support James Morris
     [not found]   ` <alpine.LRH.2.00.1003082122340.6314-CK9fWmtY32x9JUWOpEiw7w@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-08 10:43     ` [PATCH 2/6] NFSv3: add xattr API config option for client James Morris
2010-03-08 10:47     ` [PATCH 6/6] NFSv3: Add server namespace support for XATTR protocol implementation James Morris
2010-03-09  3:59   ` [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR) Brad Boyer
2010-03-09  5:49     ` Casey Schaufler
     [not found]       ` <4B95E167.40306-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-09  7:04         ` Brad Boyer
2010-03-09 19:35           ` Jamie Lokier
     [not found]             ` <20100309193545.GE11042-yetKDKU6eevNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-10  3:46               ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-15  3:19                 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15  4:42                   ` Casey Schaufler
     [not found]                     ` <4B9DBAB0.5060500-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-15 14:28                       ` Jamie Lokier
     [not found]                         ` <20100315142803.GC15133-yetKDKU6eevNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-15 23:28                           ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-15 23:49                             ` Trond Myklebust
2010-03-16  2:31                               ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-17 20:13         ` Eric Paris [this message]
2010-03-17 21:23           ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-09  8:13     ` James Morris
2010-03-13  7:28       ` Brad Boyer

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